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Reno Evening Gazette

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1939

Page

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Mining policy blamed for industry lag says Eaton

Lucien Eaton, mining engineer from Milton, Massachusetts, told the Western division convention of the American Mining Congress that government policy, high taxes, interference with private enterprise and a troubled labor scene have slowed mining progress. He noted only a few properties are opened or rebuilt, with new ideas adopted slowly. A. W. Pahrenwald of the University of Idaho stressed research's role in mineral technology. He cited laboratory testing and theory of surface reactions guiding crushing and grinding advances. Additional talks covered federal revenue and the Wagner Act in mining.

SALT LAKE CITY Lucien Eaton Milton American Mining Congress Easton Massachusetts A. W. Pahrenwald School of Mines University of Idaho Rittinger Disney Oxia

Bartholofs mark sixty six years of marriage in Midland Park

In Midland Park New Jersey M r and Mrs Albert J Bartholf both eighty six celebrate tomorrow their sixty six th wedding anniversary. The Bartholfs have lived here for fifty seven years. In Cork Ireland postmaster general James A Farley vacationing with family kissed the Blarney Stone. In Yawata Japan an explosion at Kurosski Chemical Products killed two and seriously injured fifteen. In Rome a Fascist and an Italian from Paris was beaten by a gang at Mentone while boarding a train for San Remo. In Creighton Nebraska a twelve year old boy hanged himself fearing his brother would be sent to fight in Europe. Detroit reports a United Auto Workers strike at Federal Mogul plant impacting about nine hundred workers.

MIDLAND PARK N. J Mgr Albert J. Bartholf Bartholfs CORK Ireland James A. Farley Blarney castle YAWATA Japan Kurosski Chemical Products Company ROME France Mentone San Remo Giovanni Vanaino Paris CREIGHTON Neb Norman Burns Robert Wricks U. S Europe DETROIT pro United Auto Workers Union Federal Mogul Corporation

Bookmakers Hide and Seek With Officers In St Louis

ST LOUIS August 29 police raided gambling dens forcing bookmakers to move to garages offices and back alleys. Forty five people were arrested including eleven customers with raids repeating at one site and seizures of furniture betting tabs and farm sheets across several locations.

ST. LOUIS

Youth confesses to slaying of young L A dancer

De Witt Clinton Cook twenty year old former Waterloo printer admitted to police that he killed Anya Sosoyoeva a San Francisco dancer and attacked two others with a two by four club. He described robbery as motive saying he sought purses and believed women would be easy targets. His wife and mother were detained on theft suspicions.

LOS ANGELES De Witt Clinton Cook Waterloo Cook A. A. Bintock Anya Sosoyeva San Francisco Los Angeles city college Blalock Delia Bogard Myrtle Wagner Lorraine Ruby Cook

Admiral Stirling Urges U S Entry in War to Defeat Dictators

Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr retired told the Wat erang of Foreign Wars convention in Boston that U S security depends on defeating dictators and that neutrality laws are like whistling in the dark. He urged joining conflicts with both feet to secure peace and warned neutrality creates economic pain and dependence on British and French naval protection. He recalled his 46 years in the Navy and spoke on neutrality policies that lead to war.

BOSTON Yates Stirling, Jr United States Stirling Rome 3rd naval district New York Great Britain France Atlantic Pacific Prince

Governor to sue to block Denison Texas dam plan

Oklahoma City Aug 29 Gov Leon C Phillips directed Attorney General Mac Q Williamson to sue the federal government to stop the 56 million Denison dam project saying it would take Oklahoma invade its highways invade sovereign rights and seize rights to the Red River project.

OKLAHOMA CITY Leon C. Phillips Mac Q. Williamson Denison Tex Williamson Oklahoma Phillips Woodring Red River

Town Crier in Satin Pants Calls Citizens to Meeting

FREEHOLD New Jersey August 29 Townspeople were summoned by a satin suited town crier for a meeting. It marked the first such summons in Monmouth since the 17th century. The notice, issued by the non-partisan league, invites all citizens and taxpayers to attend to help politics out of borough government.

FREEHOLD N. J Monmouth county Monmouth Middletown George Hayward league

Mobilization and security actions sweep Europe

War developments report Poland moving toward general mobilization with over a million under arms and insisting on responding to aggression. In London crowds confront police outside Downing Street near Chamberlain’s residence as security is tightened. In Panama Canal waters military guards are ordered for ships. Swiss frontier controls are scaled back partially according to a Reuters dispatch.

WARSAW Poland LONDON Downing street short street Neville Chamberlain lves BALBOA C. Z Panama canal Reuters Berne federal council Switzerland

Market remains hopeful war may be averted in New York trading

Wall Street rose as brokers touted peace prospects in British German talks. Bonds and U S government issues gained, European issues recovered, and cotton and wheat moved with war threat dynamics. Sterling rose to 4.48, francs to 2.50.

NEW YORK cau Hous Wall street U. S Chamberlain house of commons Chicago stock exchange

Boy Indicted on Death Charge in Los Angeles

Fourteen-year old Richard Jensen sat in the county grand jury ante room as it indicted him for murdering his thirteen-year-old playmate Billy Williams by stabbing and choking. Witnesses were the boys’ mothers and Deputy Larry Carmack. The case may go to juvenile court, normal criminal court, or a psychopathic hearing.

LOS ANGELES Richard Jensen Billy Willams Francis Jenson Ellen T. Williams Larry Carmack Richard

Diplomats Seek European Peace as Mediation Neared

Berlin reports show Hitler handed a British envoy the German reply to London on Poland. Optimism spread in Berlin while London denied firm details, and Belgium and the Netherlands offered to mediate. France and Britain notified King Leopold of Belgium of mediation readiness as Hitler’s reply would decide next steps.

BRUSSELS Leopold III Wilhelmina Netherlands Germany Poland Paris Britain France Italy

Fish hopeful of peaceful solution to European crisis

Representative Hamilton Fish of New York said a peaceful solution could be found to the European crisis. He backed President Roosevelt's appeal to Italy, Poland and Germany but noted the lack of a U.S. ambassador in Berlin. He avoided confirming his Aug 20 war prediction after talks with von Ribbentrop and three French cabinet members.

LONDON Hamilton Fish New York Fish Roosevelt Italy Poland Germany Hitler United States Berlin Europe von Ribbentrop

Pilot and his mother die in Corydon crash

Jack Ramsey thirty of Granite City Illinois died with an elderly woman in a cabin airplane crash near Laconia Corydon as witnesses say he forced a landing in a stubble field to get gas. The craft struck telephone wires and then fell into State Road 111 bursting into flames.

CORYDON Ind Jack Ramsey Granite City Ill Ramsey Laconia

Europe peaces talks loom as nations seek mediations

The Associated Press reports Belgian and Netherlands monarchs offer to negotiate the German Polish quarrel while France accepts. Britain signals readiness to aid Poland as Hitler’s reply prompts cautious optimism. Moscow delays pact ratification pending peace or war outcomes as Poland resists German demands and Italy eyes Mussolini as potential mediator.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS Foreign office Netherlands France BERLIN Hitler London Britain British foreign office Chamberlain commons Poland MOSCOW Germany WARSAW ROME Italy Mussolini

Roosevelt says Bremen search aims to check arming of ships

President Roosevelt said inspections of ships in American ports including the German liner Bremen and French Liners Normandie and De Grasse and the New York were routine to guard against potential arming for offensive use. He linked Congress inaction on neutrality revision to the European crisis and noted bipartisan Senate hesitation as a factor in world capitals.

WASHINGTON Roosevelt Bremen Normandie New York United States congress Roanoke Louis Johnson Germany senate

London Newspapers Poke Fun At Present European Crisis

London papers, amid a lull in crisis and war prep, turn to humor. The Daily Express runs a Cockney Crisis Humor column. The Daily Mail prints a cartoon of a steel helmeted civilian courting his girlfriend under a moon like London's traffic lights. The News Chronicle features a holidaying motorist with a placard reading half a mo' Hitler, let's have our holidays first.

London London press The Daily Express Daily Mail lished ateel News Chronicle Hitler

Britain Ready for Action on War or Peace in Poland

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain is ready for any eventuality in the Poland-Germany crisis. He stressed resolve to defend Poland if needed, while still seeking peaceful bilateral settlement with Hitler, and noted Britain’s unity and calm as tension persists. He outlined six main points guiding talks and the aim of a broader European settlement.

Chamberlain HUGH WAGNON LONDON Neville Chamberlain house of commons Great Britain Poland Adolf Hitler HITLER Britain fuehrer Germany Danzig Baltic sea Berlin Nevile Henderson J. Hitler Europe Ritter

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